Analyzes the three-phases——pre-task, task cycle, post-task and their rationale in task-based language teaching, designs corresponding teaching activities after adapting one text from New Horizon College English, so ...Analyzes the three-phases——pre-task, task cycle, post-task and their rationale in task-based language teaching, designs corresponding teaching activities after adapting one text from New Horizon College English, so that college English teachers can better understand and use this teaching approach, and then improve the teaching effect and college students’ comprehensive application abilities of language.展开更多
任务型教学法(Task-based Language Teaching)兴起于20世纪80年代,是一种持续发展的学习法,它旨在把语言教学真实化和课堂社会化,强调在"做中学",是培养学生综合语言运用能力的有效教学途径之一。大学英语精读的教学目标是培...任务型教学法(Task-based Language Teaching)兴起于20世纪80年代,是一种持续发展的学习法,它旨在把语言教学真实化和课堂社会化,强调在"做中学",是培养学生综合语言运用能力的有效教学途径之一。大学英语精读的教学目标是培养学生的综合语言运用能力,同时提高其独立工作能力,培养综合文化素养,以适应我国社会发展和国际交流的需要。文章从任务的定义出发,探索其理论背景,并运用英国语言学家Jane Willis的语言教学模式于大学英语精读教学当中,进一步探讨任务型教学法对英语教学的指导意义。展开更多
There are both pedagogical and theoretical grounds for asking second language writers to plan before they start writing.The question then arises whether pre-task planning(PTP)improves written output.To address this qu...There are both pedagogical and theoretical grounds for asking second language writers to plan before they start writing.The question then arises whether pre-task planning(PTP)improves written output.To address this question,this article reviewed 32 studies by comparing the effect of PTP either with no planning or with unpressured online planning(OLP).These studies also investigated the moderating effect of variables relating to the writer participants,the nature of the planning,and the writing tasks.The main findings are:(1)There is no clear evidence that PTP leads to better overall writing quality when this is measured using rating rubrics,(2)PTP generally results in more fluent writing,(3)its impact on syntactical and lexical complexity is inconsistent and negligible,(4)OLP does sometimes result in increased linguistic accuracy,and(5)there is insufficient evidence to reach clear conclusions about the role that moderating variables have on the impact of PTP,but the results suggest that collaborative(as opposed to individual planning)can lead to increased accuracy and that PTP tends to lead to more complex language when the writing task is a complex one.The article concludes with a set of principles to ensure better quality research and three general proposals for the kind of future research needed.展开更多
This paper studies the effect of different lengths of pre-task planning time on the frequency and accuracy of self-repairs for Chinese intermediate and advanced English learners.The findings reveal that the increased ...This paper studies the effect of different lengths of pre-task planning time on the frequency and accuracy of self-repairs for Chinese intermediate and advanced English learners.The findings reveal that the increased pre-task planning time strongly improves fluency and accuracy of self-repairs for both lexical and syntactic errors in the advanced group,but enhanced fluency and accuracy are not witnessed in the intermediate group as planning time increases.The differences are mainly due to the fact that some intermediate learners are not well equipped with the appropriate way of preparation for oral presentation tasks since some write down their ideas in Chinese.Thus errors will increasingly emerge in the transfer.Besides,they usually give priority to accuracy while neglecting fluency.展开更多
This study aims at investigating the effects of the pre-task planning mode on listening comprehension of Chinese EFL （English as a foreign language） learners as well as students＇ opinions towards the pre-task plann...This study aims at investigating the effects of the pre-task planning mode on listening comprehension of Chinese EFL （English as a foreign language） learners as well as students＇ opinions towards the pre-task planning mode Three step~., namely, concept mapping, strategic planning, as well as rehearsal, are employed in the pre-task planning mode in the present study. There are altogether 40 second-year English majors participated in the present study, and they are randomly assigned into the experimental group and the control group. The instruments employed in the present study to achieve the research purposes include the listening comprehension test, the teacher＇s log, the students＇ opinion questionnaires, the students＇ open-ended questionnaires, and the semi-structured interviews. Research findings revealed that there were significant main effects on the listening comprehen,;ion of Chinese EFL learners after the training by the pre-task planning mode. Moreover, the students held positive attitudes towards the pre-task planning mode展开更多
文摘Analyzes the three-phases——pre-task, task cycle, post-task and their rationale in task-based language teaching, designs corresponding teaching activities after adapting one text from New Horizon College English, so that college English teachers can better understand and use this teaching approach, and then improve the teaching effect and college students’ comprehensive application abilities of language.
文摘任务型教学法(Task-based Language Teaching)兴起于20世纪80年代,是一种持续发展的学习法,它旨在把语言教学真实化和课堂社会化,强调在"做中学",是培养学生综合语言运用能力的有效教学途径之一。大学英语精读的教学目标是培养学生的综合语言运用能力,同时提高其独立工作能力,培养综合文化素养,以适应我国社会发展和国际交流的需要。文章从任务的定义出发,探索其理论背景,并运用英国语言学家Jane Willis的语言教学模式于大学英语精读教学当中,进一步探讨任务型教学法对英语教学的指导意义。
文摘There are both pedagogical and theoretical grounds for asking second language writers to plan before they start writing.The question then arises whether pre-task planning(PTP)improves written output.To address this question,this article reviewed 32 studies by comparing the effect of PTP either with no planning or with unpressured online planning(OLP).These studies also investigated the moderating effect of variables relating to the writer participants,the nature of the planning,and the writing tasks.The main findings are:(1)There is no clear evidence that PTP leads to better overall writing quality when this is measured using rating rubrics,(2)PTP generally results in more fluent writing,(3)its impact on syntactical and lexical complexity is inconsistent and negligible,(4)OLP does sometimes result in increased linguistic accuracy,and(5)there is insufficient evidence to reach clear conclusions about the role that moderating variables have on the impact of PTP,but the results suggest that collaborative(as opposed to individual planning)can lead to increased accuracy and that PTP tends to lead to more complex language when the writing task is a complex one.The article concludes with a set of principles to ensure better quality research and three general proposals for the kind of future research needed.
文摘This paper studies the effect of different lengths of pre-task planning time on the frequency and accuracy of self-repairs for Chinese intermediate and advanced English learners.The findings reveal that the increased pre-task planning time strongly improves fluency and accuracy of self-repairs for both lexical and syntactic errors in the advanced group,but enhanced fluency and accuracy are not witnessed in the intermediate group as planning time increases.The differences are mainly due to the fact that some intermediate learners are not well equipped with the appropriate way of preparation for oral presentation tasks since some write down their ideas in Chinese.Thus errors will increasingly emerge in the transfer.Besides,they usually give priority to accuracy while neglecting fluency.
文摘This study aims at investigating the effects of the pre-task planning mode on listening comprehension of Chinese EFL （English as a foreign language） learners as well as students＇ opinions towards the pre-task planning mode Three step~., namely, concept mapping, strategic planning, as well as rehearsal, are employed in the pre-task planning mode in the present study. There are altogether 40 second-year English majors participated in the present study, and they are randomly assigned into the experimental group and the control group. The instruments employed in the present study to achieve the research purposes include the listening comprehension test, the teacher＇s log, the students＇ opinion questionnaires, the students＇ open-ended questionnaires, and the semi-structured interviews. Research findings revealed that there were significant main effects on the listening comprehen,;ion of Chinese EFL learners after the training by the pre-task planning mode. Moreover, the students held positive attitudes towards the pre-task planning mode
